510 
GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
Root perennial. Scape six to eight inches high, pubescent, leafless ex- 
cepting a small bracteal leaf at the base of the germ, one-flowered. Leaves 
of the root two, lanceolate, nerved, pubescent. Segments of the perianth 
ovate-lanCeolate, brownish purple, the interior narrower and a little tortu- 
ous. Labellum purple with deeper streaks, large, divided in front, pubes- 
cent. 
Grows in rocky soils, in shaded situations. No species of this remarka- 
ble genus is found in the low country of Carolina or Georgia. 
Flowers May — June. 
GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
ARISTOLQCHIA. 
Calyx 0. Corolla 
1 petal a, ligulata, basi 
ventricosa. Capsula 
6 locularis, polysper- 
ma, infera. 
1. Sipho. L’Heritier. 
A. foliis cordatis, 
acutis; caule volubili; 
pedunculis unifloris, 
bractea ovata instruct- 
is; corollis adscenden- 
tibus, limbo trifido ae- 
quali. 
Calyx 0. Corolla 
1 petalled, ligulate, 
ventricose at base. 
Capsule 6 celled, many 
seeded, inferior. 
Leaves cordate, a- 
cute; stem voluble; pe- 
duncles one-flowered, 
furnished with an ovate 
bractea; corolla ascen- 
ding, the border three- 
cleft, equal. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 155. Mich. 2. p. 1 61. Pursh, 2. p. 596. Nutt. 2. p. 199* 
Avine climbing over trees of large size. Leaves alternate, very large, 
cordate, acute, strongly veined, sprinkled with hairs over both surfaces. 
